The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-04-07

Step by step she has climbed the lad
der of literary fame until now there
are but few literary people to whom
the graceful poetry of Edith NJ
Thom-s is not familiar. During the
past few months Miss Thomas has
been in New York enjoying a contin-
nous round of literary and social hon
ors, which promised to be almost end
less but for the young poets sudden r.
turn on Tuesday, to her Ohio home,
caused by the serious illness OF her
mother. During her stay she was the
recipient of numerous social attentIGns
at the hands of New York's- llteiatl,
and Miss Thomas has everywhere lett
the most pleasant impression. Miss
L. in appearance is the thorough lit
erary woman. She IS slightly above
the medium height, rather delicate,
and IS possessed of large brown eyes
that are wonderfully expressive. She
t has Il broad brow that recalls the late
Charlotte Cushnan, and has a most
intellectual look. The poet is very
probably not more than IS years Of
age. She is the embodiment of geni-
t atty, although to strangers she assumes
| a reserved air. A friend, who is we'll
acquainted with Miss Thomas, says
! that her poems are written with the
utmost care. She contracts her verses
0 slowly and never allows herself to fall
: into hasty writing. Her love of ma
ture is Of the most enthusiastic order,
as her poems and prose essays indl-
), cate, and flowers are her greatest in
, spiration. Amid them Or surrounded
by them, she writes most of her best
pieces Of verse and prose. Her poems
find ready market at all times, and
s. | heard from her incidentally that tie
commissions from magazine editors
}, now in her hands are enough to keeI
her busy for some little time. Mis-:
Thomas IS extremely modest of hel
success, and the subject of her owl
work is never preached by her. She
e is extremely retiring in her DISPOSE
20 ton and shuns the newspaper talk
which 50 many of her contemporaries:
are only too anxious to cultivate.
Of Most everyone who visits my sane
tum near Union Square Park (I38 Z
10Th ST. admires grand and beauti
full engraved picture, & Christ before
Pilate,' which was presented to mt
the other day by T. B. Peterson
e. Brothers, Philadelphia. The origina
was painted five years ago by the grea
Hungarian artist Munkacsy, as thu
- supreme effort of his life and art il
dealing in the spirit of realism with
sacred subject, AMI is one of the larg
est works of a modern artist. Th'
subject Is treated with unAinching rea!
ism, PLATE sitting on the right on hi
lie Judgment seat, his head bent in ques
S, tioning attitude, with Christ standing
o before him, the figure of a young mar
n with a strong Hebraic cast of features
a One conspicuous figure is that of a Jew
d shouting " cruelty him" with uplfteC
2 arms in the dense mob which throng
W the palace yard, and presses upon the
n Roman soldiers, one of whom is hold
IS ing the crowd back with his spear
e Below the place where Plate sits are
y the accusing priests and other Ju1eans
+ Some critics have been severe upon it
t, but it touches the great popular hear
$ in way that is simply wonderful. L
/ is the most impressive religious picture
) ever painted, and has already been
d viewed by over two millions Of persons
r and is now on exhibition at the
r Twenty-third street Tabernacle. Mess
n T. B. Peterson & Bros. tell me thai
e they will mail this faithful representa-
: ton to any address for S1.oo. Its
n size is 22x28 inches.
It The forthcoming number of S11b-
S ncr's Magazine will contain the first
= instalment OF the collection of unpub-
e lished letters of Thackeray. The let
+ tiers will be preceded by an introduce
i ton by Mrs. Brookheld, to whom
e most of them were written. The il
n lustrations accompanying these letters,
i will be unique, SO the publishers tell
S me. There will be portraits, views OF
y places mentioned, etc; but the princi-
/. pal illustrations will be Thackeray' S
: own work. Many of the letters con
tain sketches, which will be reproduced
\ in fac-simile; and others of his draw
t ings, which are in the possession OF
4 Mrs. Brookfield.
A note just received from London,
i informs me of the arrival of Louise de
: la Rame, known as Oulda, the novel
y st. She occupies apartments in the
, Langham . in lo0S:ly grandeur, re
fusing to see representatives of the
press, and even personal acQuaint-
ances 1t is understood she leaves her
+ sunny home in Florence, Italy, to
brave the bitter cold and fogs of Lon
don in order to quarrel with her pub
Usher Admirers Of Ouida's unwhole-
some writings will be interested in
knowing that she is now a soured and
disconnected old woman, practically
destitute of human sympathy and COM
panionship, and deriving little or no
comfort from the fame which her work
: has secured her. A. ROsCOWER.